| Israeli Backpackers: From Tourism to Rite of Passage Contributor(s): Noy, Chaim (Editor), Cohen, Erik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791464970 ISBN-13: 9780791464977 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: In the period after their military service, Jewish Israeli youth customarily embark on a unique touristic practice: the backpacking trip. Combining sociological, anthropological, and psychological research--based on innovative fieldwork conducted with Israeli backpackers in Israel and abroad--this book depicts the complex relationship between the traveling youth and their society of origin. Via a perspective the editors term "outside-in," we learn how social and cultural tensions and tenets, identities, fantasies, and preoccupations are acted out within a symbolic, touristic space by scores of Israeli youth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Walking - Social Science - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine |
| Dewey: 796.510 |
| LCCN: 2004018155 |
| Series: Suny Israeli Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.4" (1.12 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |